WILHELMINA HANSON VRS JOSEPH HANSON (C5/90/16) [2022] GHACC 314 (8 December 2022)
The marriage has broken down beyond reconciliation as the parties have not lived together as husband and wife for over nine years, both consent to the dissolution, and all attempts at reconciliation have failed. The legal requirements under the Matrimonial Causes Act, 1971 (Act 367) are satisfied.
- Citation
- WILHELMINA HANSON VRS JOSEPH HANSON (C5/90/16) [2022] GHACC 314 (8 December 2022)
- Parties
- Petitioner: Wilhelmina Hanson; Respondent: Joseph Hanson
- Court
- ghacc
- Jurisdiction
- Ghana
- Judgment Date
- 8 December 2022
- Procedural Posture
- Divorce Petition / Final Judgment
- Outcome
- petition granted; marriage dissolved
- Legal Topics
- Divorce, Matrimonial Causes, Breakdown of Marriage, Dissolution of Marriage
- Source Language
- eng
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Parties
Wilhelmina Hanson
Petitioner
Joseph Hanson
Respondent
Procedural Posture
Divorce Petition / Final Judgment
Legal Issues
- 1 Whether the marriage between the parties has broken down beyond reconciliation
Ratio Decidendi
The marriage has broken down beyond reconciliation as the parties have not lived together as husband and wife for over nine years, both consent to the dissolution, and all attempts at reconciliation have failed. The legal requirements under the Matrimonial Causes Act, 1971 (Act 367) are satisfied.
Court Disposition
petition granted; marriage dissolved
Orders
- Decree of dissolution issued dissolving the marriage celebrated on 30th September, 1997.
- Marriage certificate cancelled.
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